The national Commission of Audit (CoA) has recommended the Australian Public Service consolidate its vast range of bespoke and off the shelf corporate ICT in order to facilitate a move to shared services. The incoming Liberal Government established the Commission of Audit in October 2013 to review and report on the performance, functions and roles of the Commonwealth government.
Online storage and collaboration service Dropbox has officially launched its Dropbox for Business service, provising users with two different online storage compartments: one for personal use, and one for professional.
A new study by information management analysts AIIM, concludes that business leaders see collaboration as ‘crucial,’ but are confused by the rapid convergence of tools.
Office365 is being deployed to almost 150,000 government employees in Queensland, in a deal that that is expected to shave $A13.7 million off Microsoft licensing costs over three years.
Sweeping privacy reforms that came into effect on the 12 March 2014 are the most significant changes to the Privacy Act 1988 since it came into force 25 years ago. The 13 new Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) regulate the handling of personal information by the Australian Government and businesses with an annual turnover of more than $3 million.
Pieter van Schalkwyk is serious about helping businesses do better at getting process work done. That's the official motto of XMPro, the company he founded and is now running as CEO. IDM sat down with Pieter to ask what the company is doing to take its own flavour of workflow software and methodology to the world. Initially founded in Sydney, XMPro now has offices and customers in the US and UK, and has recently opened its US HQ in Dallas.
Basware has been awarded a $NZ4 million contract with a leading New Zealand construction company to deliver accounts payable automation and e-invoicing services.
